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GRAIN MEASURING, REGISTERING, AND BAGGING MACHINE. No. 392,344.- Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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GRAIN MEASURING, REGISTERING, AND BAGGING MACHINE. No. 892,344.

Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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:UNITEU :S'rarns Parana GEORGE KENDRIOK, OF BUOYRUS, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent I To.392,3e ,c1ated Hover -ber 6, 1888.

Application filed February 17, 1888. Serial No. 264,317. (X0 model.)

To to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GnoRc-n 11 Knnnnron, of Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State ofOhio, have invented a new and Improved Grain Measuring, Registering, and Bagging Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to grain measuring, registering, and bagging machines such as described and shown in the United States Letters Patent No. 377,163, grantedto me January31, 1888.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide an improved machinein which the grain delivered by the elevator from the separator of the thrashing-machine is measured, registered, and delivered in any desired quantity to the bags.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe improve ment. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation of the elevator-spout and bag-supporting boxes. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement. Fig.4 is a sectional end elevation of the improvement on the line no a; of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the improvement on the line y y of Fig. a.

The downwardly extending spout A is connected at its upper end with an elevator of any approved constructiomand connected with the separator of the thrashing-machine, so that the grain from the latter is discharged into the said spout A. At the lower end of the spout A are secured the branch spouts B and B, extending in opposite directions and being provided at their intersection with the main spout A with a gate, 0, secured on a shaft, 0, hav ing its bearingsin the front and rear walls of the branch spouts B and B. The gate 6 is adapted to open and close alternately the upper ends of the branch spouts B and B, so as to establish an alternate connection between the main spout A and the respective branch spout B or B. The upper free end of the gate 0 is adapted to rest against the lugs B and B secured, respectively, to the inner sides of the branch spouts B and B.

To prevent the grain passing down the main spout A to the branch spouts B and B from clogging up the bearings of the gate O, I provide the elevator-spout A, at its lower end,with the inwardly-inclined sides A and A, and I provide the front and rear walls with the in wardly-cxtending inclines A 4 so as to form a hopper which discharges the grain from the spout A to the middle of the gate O, and the latter, according to its position, directs the grain into the spout B or B. Thelower edges of the inclines A if are curved, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit a free movement of the free end of the gate 0.

The shaft 0, on which the gate O is fastened, extends to the front and carries on its outer end a lever arm, D, provided on its free end with a T-arm, D, having at each end an inwardly-extending lug, D' or D, adapted to be engaged alternately by the side edges of a lever-arm, E, secured on a short sliaft,E,having its bearingin the front wall of the branch spouts B and B. On the upper outer end of the leverarm E is held to slide a weight, E fastened by a set-screw, E or other suitable means, at any desired point on the said leverarin E. The latter is held in an inclined position at either side of the elcvatorspout A by lugs F and F, secured to arms F F, fastened to the front wall of the elevator spout A, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. When the leverarm E is in the position shown in Fig. 1, it rests on the lug F, and when it is in its other position on the right of the elcvatorspout A it rests on the lug F.

The shafts E and O are placed one directly above the other and in the vertical line of the middle of the elevator-spout A at the intersection of the branch spouts B and B. On the shaft E are secured the scale-beams G and G, extending in opposite directions from each other at right angles to the lever-arm E. Each of the scale-beams G and G is provided with a graduation, G, representing pounds. On the scale-beams G and G are held to slide the collars H and H, respectively, adapted to be secured by set-screws *1 at any points on the said beams G and G, so that their inner edges indicate each a certain number on the graduations G". The collars H and H are pivotally connected by the links I and 1, respectively, with collars J and J, held to slide on the levers K and K, respectively, fastened on the shafts Land L, respectively,said shafts having their bearings L on the branch spouts B and B, respectively. Each of the levers K and K is provided near its outer free end with graduations K also representing pounds, and the collars J and J can be fastened at any desired points on the graduations of the respective lever K or K by set-screws J 2 or other suitable means.

The shafts L and L extend transversely across the tops of the branch spouts B and B, and on the rear ends of the said shafts are secured the arms N and N, respectively, which are pivotally connected with the bars 0 and 0, respectively, each of which bars 0 and O is secured at its lower end to one side of a box, P or P, which boxes are supported at their front sides by the bars Q and Q, respectively, which are pivotally connected at their upper ends with the levers K and K, above described.

On the bars Q, Q and O O are secured the hooks Q Q and O O, on which are hooked the downwardly-extending rods B B and B It. To the lower ends of the rods B B and the rods B R are secured, respectively, the platforms S and S, adapted to receive the lower ends of the bags T T, fastened at their upper ends at one side to the hooks U and U, respectively, which are secured to the inner sides of the boxes P and P, respective] y. The outer sides of the mouths of the bags T and T are fastened to the movable hooks U and U, secured, respectively, to the shafts U and U mounted to turn on the outer sides ofthc boxes P and P, respectively. The shafts U and U are provided with the crank-arms U and U respectively, for tu rni ng said shafts so as to conveniently engage or disengage the hooks U and U from the upper ends of the bagsT and T. The crank-arms U and U are locked in position when the respective bag T or T is supported by means of the spring-catch U or U, secured to the front sides of the boxes P and P, respectively. The boxes P and P are preferably connected with each other at the front and rear sides by links P, so as to brace the two boxes.

On the lever-arm E is secured a semicircular cam, E, adapted to engage the under side of the lug V, formed on a lever, 'V, pivoted at V to the front wall of the branch spout B, as shown in Fig. 1.. On the rear end of the lever V is held a spring-pawl, V, engaging the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, V, secured on a shaft, W, mounted to rotate in suitable hearings in the front wall of the elevator-spout A. On the shaft V7 is secured a pointer, XV and the ratchet-wheel \Vis prevented from rotating in the wrong direction by a pawl, \V,fulcru1ned on the front wall of the elevator-spout A and engaging theteeth of the said ratchet-whcellV.

The operation is as follows: The bags T and T are supported on the boxes P and P, respectively, by hooking the same first to the fixed hooks U and U, and then securing the outer sides of the bags to the hooks U and U by moving the latter downward by turning the crank-arms U and U outward. After the bags are secured to the hooks U and U the crank-arm's U and U are moved inward to their former positions,or until they engage the spring-catches U and U", respectively. The bags T and T are thus firmly secured on the boxes P and P, their lower ends resting on the platforms S and S, supported, respectively, by the rods R R and B R from. the boxes P and P. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the gate 0 closes the mouth of the branch spout B, so that a communication is established between the elevator-spout A and the branch spout B. The grain from the separator of the thrashingmachine is delivered by the elevator in the usual manner to the spout A, and passes from the latter into the branch spout B, and as the later opens into the box P the grain naturally passes into the bag I, supported by the said box P. lVhen a certain quantity of grain has accumulated in the bag T, the weight of the bag and its contents causes the lever K to swing downward, whereby a pull is exerted by the link I on the scale-beam G, so that the shaft E is turned, and the leverarm E, secured on the said shaft E, is swung from the left to the right until it rests on the lug F, as above described. .Vhen the leverarm E thus swings from the left to the right,it comes in contact with the lug D on the T-arm D of the lever D, whereby the latter is also swung in the same direction that is,from the left to the rightand a consequent turning of its shaft Ois accomplished. As the said shaft 0 carries the gate 0, the latter moves in the same direction until its free end rests against the stop B, secured on the side of the branch spout B. The mouth of the latter is thus closed, and the mouth of the other branch spout, B,is opened,whereby the grain from the spout A now passes into the branch spout B and from the latter through the box P into the bag T. The latter, with its box P, is raised nearer to the lower end of the branch spout B by the swinging motion of the lever-arm E, above described, as the shaft E in turning causes an upward movement of the scale-beam G, and as the latter is connected by the link I with the lever K the said lever is alsoraised, and consequently raises the box P, carrying the bag T. The filled bag T is then removed from the box P by disengaging the springcatch U from the crank-arm U, and then moving the latter forward until its hooks U can be conveniently disengaged from one side of the bag T. The other side of the bag can then be unhooked from the fixed hook U,and the entire filled bag is then removed or lifted from the platform S. An empty bag is then attached to the hooks U and U in the manner above described. Meanwhile the grain pass ing down the spout A and the branch spout B fills the bag T until a certain amount has accumulated, the said desired amount being indicated by the graduations G on the scalebeam Gthat is, the amount of grain desired in one bag T or T is indicated by the graduation, as the collar H is set with its edge at the number of pounds which it is desired to place in the bag T, and then the said collar H is fastened to the scalebeam G by the set-screw H In a like manner theamount of grain to be delivered into the bag T is controlled by adjusting the collar H on the graduations G of the sealebearn Gr, so that the inner edge of the said collar H is at the desired number on the graduation G, after which the said collar H is secured by the set-screw H to the scale beam G. When, for instance, the collar H is set to forty pounds on the scalebeam G, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the collar H is set to twenty pounds on the scalebeam G, then when the forty pounds of grain have accumulated in the bag T the lever K will swing downward and cause the gate 0 to be changed from its position at the right to the left, so that the grain runs from the spout A to the branch spout B and into the bag T again. Now, when the twenty pounds of grain have accumulated in the bag T, the lever K moves downward, as above described, thereby causing a change of position of the gate 0, so that the grain is shut off from the branch spout B and is again directed into the branch spout B and into the empty bag T, secured to the boX P. Thus it will be seen that according to the position of the collars H and H on their respective scale-beams G and G the amount of grain delivered to the bags T and T can either be equal or can be varied to any amount-desired. If the grain from a field is to be divided in unequal parts between two partiessay, for instance, forty per cent.- to one and sixty per cent. to the other-the collars H and H are set at forty and sixty on the graduations G", and the grain delivered into the bags T and T will be respectively forty pounds and sixty pounds, so that one party takes his bags from the box 1? and the other party takes his from the box P, and thus each one has his respective share of grain from the field.

XVhen the lever arm E moves from one side to the other, as above described, its semicircular cam E comes in contact. with the lug V, secured to the lever V, thereby raising the latter so that its pawl V moves the ratchetwheel \V the distance of one tooth, and when the lever-arm E has arrived at its respective lug F or F the semicircular cam E is entirely disconnected from the lug V, and the leverarm V again drops to its former position, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby its pawl V moves downward over the next following tooth without moving the ratchet-wheel XV. Thus it will be seen that at every sidewise movement of the lever-arm E said lever V is raised and its pawl V moves the ratchet-wheel W the distance of one tooth. The pointer XV indicates a full revolution of the ratchet-wheel W, and as the number of teeth in the ratchet-wheel is known it is easily calculated how many times the respective bags T and T have been filled, thus giving the total amount of grain passing into the two bags during one revolution of the ratchet-wheel W, its shalt \V, and the pointer W It is understood that when the collars H and H are adjusted on their respective scale-beams G and G the collars J and J must be correspondingly adjusted on the levers K and K, respectivelythat is, when the collar H is set to forty pounds, for instance, the collar J is likewise set to forty pounds on the graduations K of the lever K.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a grainnneasuring machine, the combination, with two spouts extending in opposite directions, of roek-shaftsjournaled in bearings on the sides of the said spouts and provided with arms at their ends, ba' supporting boxes connected to and supported from said arms, scale-beams pivotally connected to the arms at one end of the said rock-shaft, and a gate for alternately opening and closing the mouths of the said spouts operated by the scalebeams, substantially as described.

2. In a grainmeasuring machine, the combination, with two boxes supporting the bags to be filled and held at the ends of the spout, of levers pivotally connected with the said boxes, adjustable collars pivot-ally connected with the said levers, scale-beams carrying the said collars, a shaft on which the said scalebeams are secured, and alever-arln extending from the said shaft at right angles to the said scale-beams, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a grain-measuring machine, the combination, with two boxes supporting the bags to be filled and held at the ends of the spouts, of levers pivotally connected with the said boxes, adjustable collars pivotally connected with the said levers, scale-beams carrying the said collars, a shaft on which the said scalebeams are seeured,a lever-arm extending from the said shal'tat right angles to the said scalebeams, and fixed lugs supporting the free end of the said leverarm, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a grain-measuring machine, the combination, with two boxes supporting the bags to be filled and held at the ends of the spouts, of levers pivotally connected with the said boxes, adjustable collars pivotally connected with the said levers, scalebeams carrying the said collars, a shaft on which the said scalebeams are secured,alever-arm extending from the said shaft at right angles to the said scalebeams, fixed lugs supporting the free end of the said lever-arm, a lever loosely connected LII with the said lever-arm, a shaft carrying the said lever,and a gate fastened on the said shaft and adapted to open and close alternately the spouts leading to the said boxes, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a grain-measuring machine, an elevatorspout, two branch spouts extending in opposite directions from the said elevator-spout, a shaft held to rotate at theintersection of the said two branch spouts, and agate secured on the said shaft and adapted to open and close alternately the said branch spouts, in combi nation with a lever secured to the said shaft, a lever-arm operating said lever, scale-beams rigidly connected with the said lever-arm and extending at right angles to the same, collars held adjustably on the said scale-beams, 1evers pivotally connected with the said collars, and boxes held at the lower ends of the said branch spouts supporting the bags to be filled and connected with the said levers, substair tially as shown and described.

6. In a grain-measuring machine. an elevatorspout,two branch spouts extending in opposite directions from the said elevatorspout, a shaft held to rotate at the intersection of the said two branch spouts, and a gate secured on the said shaft and adapted to open and close alternately the said branch spouts, in combination with a lever secured to the said shaft, a lever-arm operating said lever, scale-beams rigidly connected with the said lever-arm and extending at right angles to the same, collars held adj ustably on the said scale-beams, levers pivotally connected with the said collars,boxes held at the lower ends of the said branch spouts supporting the bags to be filled and connected with the said levers, and lug secured to the said elevator-spout and supporting the free end of the said lever-arm, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a grain-measuring machine, the combination,with branch spouts, of a gate adapted to open and close alternately the said branch spouts, a lever secured on the shaft of the said gate, a lever-arm operating on the said lever, scale-beams rigidly connected with the said leverarm and extending at right angles to the same, boxes held on the lower ends of the said branch spouts supporting the bags to be filled and connected with the said scale-beams, a cam fastened on the said lever-arm, a lever carrying a pawl and operated on by the said cam, a ratchet-wheel operated by the pawl of the said lever, and a pointer connected with the said ratchet-wheel, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a grain-measuring machine, the combination, with a lever-arm operating a gate, of scale'beams rigidly connected with the said lever-arm and extending at right angles to the same, collars held adjustably on the said sealebeams, links pivotally connected with the said collars, levers pivotally connected with the said links, boxes supported by the said levers and adapted to support the bags to be filled,

and platforms supported by the said boxes and on which rest the lower ends of the said bags, substantially as shown and described.

9. In a grain-measuring machine, the conibination, with a levenarm adapted to swing forward and backward, and a semicircular cam held on the said lever-arm,of a lever having a lug operated on by thesaid cam, aspringpawl mounted on the free end of the said lever, and a ratchet-wheel, into which meshes the said spring-pawl, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a grain-measuring machine, branch spouts extending in opposite directions, a gate adapted to open and close alternately the said branch spouts, and a lever secured on theshaft of the said gate, in combination with a leverarm adapted to swing, a cam secured on the said leverarm, a lever having a lug operated on by the said cam, a spring-pawl fulcrumed on the free end of the said lever, a ratchetwheel,into which meshes the said springpawl, and a pointer rigidly connected with the said ratchet-wheel, substantially as shown and described.

11. In a grain nieasuring machine, a box supporting the upper end of the bag to be filled, rods extending downward from the said box, a platform supported by the said rods and on which rests the lower end of the said bag, and bars extending upward from the said box, in combination with levers pivotally connected with the said bars, ashaft carrying the said levers, a collar held adj ustably on one of the said levers, alink pivotally connected with the said collar, a scale-beam having an adjustable collar pivotally connected with the said link, and a lever-arm rigidly connected with the said scale-beams and adapted to swing sidewise, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE R. KEN DRIOK.

\Vitnesses:

R. W. LAMB, A. M. ENSMINGER. 

